DISPRAISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of speaking contemptuously of

Synonyms:

disparagement; dispraise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dispraise" is a kind of...):

disapproval (the act of disapproving or condemning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dispraise"):

belittling (the act of belittling)

denigration; deprecation (the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself))

detraction (the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander))